Things Fall Apart Essay

Prompt/Task: How do the themes found in Things Fall Apart help us to gain an understanding
of the storys central idea.
Introduction
Topic Sentence (Make a statement about the role of themes in a novel or about the novel Things
Fall Apart)
Claim (What is the central idea of Things Fall Apart)
Evidence (State three themes that can be found in the novel)
Closing Sentence (How do the themes found in Things Fall Apart support the central idea)
Outline
The novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (state your opinion about
the novel).

The central idea of the novel is (Based on what we have read so far,
what do you believe the novel is about).

A theme that can be found in the novel is (Choose one of the many
themes to discuss).

This theme helps to support the novels central idea by (Explain how the
theme relates to what the novel is about).